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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><font size="4" color="#000000"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">Dear OSGeo Board,<span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><span><font size="4" color="#000000"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><font size="4" color="#000000">We are happy to inform you that the Sri Lankan OSGeo community is working together to “officially” establishing the OSGeo Sri Lanka chapter.<span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><span><font size="4" color="#000000"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><font size="4" color="#000000">Though small in numbers , the Sri Lankan open source GIS community<span> </span><span> </span>has been active for years and organized the first FOSS4G Sri Lanka event in 2014 (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgJbFdc38Ng&sns=em" target="_blank" style="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgJbFdc38Ng&sns=em</a>)<span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><span><font size="4" color="#000000"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><font size="4" color="#000000">FOSS4G Asia 2018 would be held in Sri Lanka this year and aligning with it, we think<span> </span><span> </span>this is the best time to try to formalise our community.<span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><span><font size="4" color="#000000"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="4" color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">We had our first official meeting on<span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;background:white">19th October 2017</span><span> </span>and an interim committee is appointed there. The details can be found<span> </span><span> </span>at<span> </span><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:underline">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka</a></span><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;background:white">.<span></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;background:white"><span><font size="4" color="#000000"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="4" color="#000000"><span style="line-height:15.3333px;font-family:Cambria,serif">We kindly request the OSGeo Board to kindly take up the approval of<span> </span></span><span style="line-height:15.3333px;font-family:Cambria,serif">OSGeo-Sri Lanka (lk) as an official chapter representing the Sri Lankan community as an agenda item in the next board meeting. It would be great if we receive the approval by early August so that the appropriate announcements can be made to spread the message during OSGeo-Asia 2018.<span></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:15.3333px;font-family:Cambria,serif"><font size="4" color="#000000">If there is any information required, please don’t hesitate to contact the President of OSGeo Sri Lanka - Nimalika via<span> </span><a href="mailto:nimalikaf@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:underline">nimalikaf@gmail.com</a> or </font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:large">me (</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:large"> </span><a href="mailto:malikagis@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:large">malikagis@gmail.com</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:large">).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:15.3333px;font-family:Cambria,serif"><font size="4" color="#000000">Thanking you,<span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:15.3333px;font-family:Cambria,serif"><font size="4" color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:15.3333px;font-family:Cambria,serif"><font size="4" color="#000000">Malika Gunawardana</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:15.3333px;font-family:Cambria,serif"><font size="4" color="#000000">Secretary, OSGeo Sri Lanka Chapter</font></span></p>

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